Folk to Punk on the Lower-East Side: 58-76 - A performance history
May 26, 2009 at 2:52 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 3

catachresis

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In Shocking Technicolor

I was a little entertained and a little informed.

However, it does indeed attest to the risks parents take when they don't provide their attention-deficit-disordered kids with adequate doses of Ritalin.

Your kids may **
A. grow up to be seminal punk rockers.
B. end-up on Youtube singing "The Amphetamine Blues."
 
May 26, 2009 at 3:40 PM Post #3 of 3
^He completely skipped The Modern Lovers. Was it because Jonathan Richmond is incapable of talking that fast? Is it because J. decided that he didn't want to hurt the old-people's ears and started singing about tiny flying saucers?

I'd never made the connection that the raw vigor of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music could have started it all. 'Count on the Beatniks to completely misconstrue everything. Welcome to the avant-garde.
 

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